The mountains were so rugged that it was almost impossible to advance. We would spend a sunday climbing along Bloody Ridge. There were many trenches like these pictured. We were young and healthy but it took almost all our strength to pull ourselves up into one of these positions. Its hard to believe that people actually captured these places when they were being shot at. The left photo was taken from inside looking out.
We found one place where there was a group of vacant bunkers located under a north ridge. Possibly an american platoon had once lived there. A small stream coming down through the rocks ran into a pit that was about 8 feet square and 6 feet deep. The walls of the pit were straight and lined with rock, the stream filled the pit and then continued down the hill. It looked like a private swimming pool in front of the bunkers. We left a six-pack in the pool to cool and continued over the ridge.
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